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I have several rifles in these calibers,223,243,7-08,270, and one 7mm Rem Mag. I'm thinking of rebarreling one of my 270's into something different. I thought about 280 but feel it's too close to the 270 and I have the 7 Mag. Right now the 338-06 or a 35 Whelen are what I am considering.
What do you guys think? Would either be an easier conversion to make using a 270 Sako 75? Is one a better choice ,or is it just personal preference? I would think Elk would be the main target.
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338/06..good choice of bullets, brass is easy and a real hammer.What's not to like!
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35 Whelen is a mean cartridge, but not as cool as a 338/06.
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338-06 first, then 9.3x62, skip the whelen
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My 270 is at Pac-Nor right now getting a sex change to a 30-06.The 30-06 is hard to beat.Many choices of bullets,bullet weights and powders that will make it work.
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Jump all the way up to 9.3x62. ^^^^^^^^^
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Install a new 270 barrel.
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I have several rifles in these calibers,223,243,7-08,270, and one 7mm Rem Mag. I'm thinking of rebarreling one of my 270's into something different. I thought about 280 but feel it's too close to the 270 and I have the 7 Mag. Right now the 338-06 or a 35 Whelen are what I am considering.
What do you guys think? Would either be an easier conversion to make using a 270 Sako 75? Is one a better choice ,or is it just personal preference? I would think Elk would be the main target. If elk are your target, do you have a lightweight 270? Casey
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I have a 338WM, but if I didn't, and I wanted to re-barrel a 270, it would become a 338-06 in short order.
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Buy bullets and shoot out the 270 barrel first, just as it is.
You'd be way, way ahead.
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I have several rifles in these calibers,223,243,7-08,270, and one 7mm Rem Mag. I'm thinking of rebarreling one of my 270's into something different. I thought about 280 but feel it's too close to the 270 and I have the 7 Mag. Right now the 338-06 or a 35 Whelen are what I am considering.
What do you guys think? Would either be an easier conversion to make using a 270 Sako 75? Is one a better choice ,or is it just personal preference? I would think Elk would be the main target. If elk are your target, do you have a lightweight 270? Casey Yep. I don't really need a different caliber.I just thought one might be interesting.
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Unless you hunt really big stuff, the mediums are mostly just gonna hit you harder.
I'm thinking .30/06, the lack of which must vex you sorely.
Over .30, I'd go with the .338/06 because of all the nifty bullets you'd have to choose from, with a little more velocity to help those mono-metals expand.
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